DSCToronto
Superstar
I have asked Chris Moise's office what is planned, if/when I hear I will report.
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Mihairokov
Active Member
August 15, 2025
daptive
Senior Member
If the TTC were to ever upgrade the streetcar switches to dual-point switches would the geometry of the tracks need to change and would a rebuild like this one have been the perfect time to do it? Also what trackside and vehicle equipment would need to be installed or upgraded?
smallspy
Senior Member
The geometry of the switches themselves would likely change slightly, but the various curves and straight bits of track connecting them wouldn't.
Of course, replacing just the switch points and not the rest of the trackwork attached to them would defeat the purpose, as the whole thing wears out together at the same rate.
Dan
nfitz
Superstar
Dear gods, I hadn't realized they'd need to actually replace trackwork!
nightstreak
Active Member
No need really. They've already paved a road that will be promptly covered with a temporary sidewalk where a sidewalk is meant to be, instead of building the sidewalk in the first place. This city is a joke.
DSCToronto
Superstar
They speak of a 'temporary build-out' in the info you posted so I assumed it was going to go on top of the asphalt and was NOT a rebuild of the curb or a regrading of the road but ... From their announcement I assumed they would be building better, more consistent and 'nicer' platforms but I guess we just need to wait and see. What I fear is they will do nothing new and just put back new stick-on tactile plates that are trip hazards but .....
GameOnBrad
Active Member
They are washing the tracks at King and Church and all the fencing is down. It's already open to pedestrians but not cars (just yet)
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GameOnBrad
Active Member
King and Church intersection is still closed as they paint the lines at the intersection. I guess they are going with the yellow stripes again and not the solid red lane, or maybe that comes later?
I also find it funny how they skipped over the parts with the tracks leaving gaps in the linework. I can see OCD being triggered.
I also find it funny how they skipped over the parts with the tracks leaving gaps in the linework. I can see OCD being triggered.
T3G
Senior Member
That's not OCD, that's being a neat freak.
Mihairokov
Active Member
It was nice having the intersection open to pedestrians and closed to vehicular traffic all weekend. Really makes one think... 
dob467
Active Member
When can we expect the streetcar to be running again?
Mihairokov
Active Member
A post on the last page of this thread indicates they hope to have streetcars return on Aug 31.
EYorker
New Member
Fun fact, this is done intentionally. It keeps the streetcar from losing its ground.
The overhead wire is the positive. One rail acts as the negative. And the other acts as a ground. Thus completing the circuit and allowing the streetcar to move under power.
If the streetcar were to "lose its ground" by having the steel wheel on steel rail contact broken by the paint, people could potentially become the ground instead if they are touching the car and the ground at the same time. The results are shocking.
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smallspy
Senior Member
While this is true (and more than just paint will cause a car to lose ground, for the record)....
It would take just two or three cars to wear the paint off of the rail head. Coupled with the fact that the distance between trucks is greater than the width of the sidewalk and so only one truck at any time would be on the painted rail means that the loss-of-ground concern is simply a non-factor.
Dan